Supreme Court blocks redrawing of North Carolina congressional maps
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lower court’s order for North Carolina to rework its congressional map because Republicans violated the Constitution by drawing electoral districts intended to maximize their party’s chances of w…
Accused Arizona killer linked to seven more fatal shootings
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A convicted Arizona felon arrested on charges of killing his mother and stepfather in their home last month is now believed responsible for at least seven more fatal shootings in the Phoenix area, police said on Thursday.
Apple, Alphabet employee buses damaged by vandals during commute
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Vandals damaged Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc charter buses carrying employees to and from work in California’s Silicon Valley in recent days, police said on Thursday.
U.S. to dismiss charges against 129 people in Trump inaugural protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department intends to dismiss criminal charges against 129 defendants in connection with the protests that took place during President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2017 inauguration, according to a court filing on Thu…
Congress scrambles for votes to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans struggled to line up support on Thursday for a short-term extension of government funding that would avert a politically embarrassing shutdown, after President Donald Trump offered mixed signals on the s…
California parents starved 13 children, taunted them with pie: prosecutor
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) – The California parents accused of imprisoning their 13 children in the family’s squalid home had beaten, starved and chained the victims to their beds for years, taunting them with apple pie, according to a prosecutor on T…
U.S. marshal killed in Pennsylvania while arresting suspect
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A deputy U.S. marshal helping police to arrest a woman in a Harrisburg home was shot and killed on Thursday by a man who was with her, federal officials said.
Prosecutors want testimony of 19 other accusers for Cosby retrial
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania prosecutors on Thursday asked the judge who will preside over the second sexual assault trial of actor Bill Cosby to allow the testimony of 19 other accusers, including 12 women who were not allowed testify in the entertainer’s…
Amid confusion, Congress scrambles for deal to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans struggled to line up support on Thursday for a short-term extension of government funding that would avert a politically embarrassing shutdown, after President Donald Trump offered mixed signals on the s…
Empty prisons, grounded warplanes: U.S. budget dysfunction hits home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three hours west of Chicago, a federal prison stands ready to take in thousands of inmates and hire hundreds of guards, but its expansion is on hold, awaiting approval from a U.S. Congress that is again paralyzed by budget disput…
